Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: Robert Armstrong Date: 1853 Description: xvi, 320 pp. 12 lithograph views, 1 folding hand-colored geological section, 9 plates of geological sections, 6 paleontology plates, 18 zoology plates, 19 botany plates, 2 large folding maps at rear. (8vo) original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Without the 2 accompanying maps. Important explorations of previously unknown areas of present-day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas by one of the major figures in the reconnaissance and settlement of the frontier. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" (Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." Howes M276; Basic Texas Books 135; Wagner-Camp 226:1. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to cloth; very good. Item number: 242868
Title: Exploration of the Red River of Louisiana, in the Year 1852 Author: Marcy, Randolph B. Place: Washington Publisher: Robert Armstrong Date: 1853 Description: xvi, 320 pp. 12 lithograph views, 1 folding hand-colored geological section, 9 plates of geological sections, 6 paleontology plates, 18 zoology plates, 19 botany plates, 2 large folding maps at rear. (8vo) original blindstamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Without the 2 accompanying maps. Important explorations of previously unknown areas of present-day Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Arkansas by one of the major figures in the reconnaissance and settlement of the frontier. "Contains authentic information regarding the peculiar customs of the Indians of the southern plains. Their mode of warfare, their invariable violation of the chastity of female prisoners, and the condition of their dwellings and villages, are particularly described" (Sabin). Wagner-Camp adds that "Marcy's report abounds in topographical and geographical detail." Howes M276; Basic Texas Books 135; Wagner-Camp 226:1. Lot Amendments Condition: Light wear to cloth; very good. Item number: 242868
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